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a few moments by a heavy hall stotni and a deep rumbling hut
no one had any premonition of tho disaster and thero wn no
opportunity for escape to refuge as the cyclonic death dealing
disaster was all oyer In five minutes TIk section which suf
fered was the residence portion the lower part being tho npgro
pottle ment while the upper part contained many fine residences
Tho Methodist nnd Baptist churches and tho Baptist paisonage
both just completed and tho ncgio Methodist chunh wore de
stroyed The Episcopal church was badly damaged and fi lly
100 houses totally destroyed The stone residence of U T
Davis of tho Goliad Ouajtf was UiQ onl > building in tho pathv ay
or the stoim not derrtSllsfied fact It IB 1 vvrfccK
The people of Goliad realizing at once th stupendous nature
of tho calamity and the terrible loss of life nnd Injured tele
phoned to their sister cities of Cuoro nnd Victoria for assist
ance which was responded to Immediately General Supeiln
tendent Forbes stopped the regular Becvillo train at Goliad
Knn Antonio Texas Mnv IS At 12 49
this ntteuioon n tcnltlf bid and rain
storm snept oter tills city iloln damaRO
to piopcrtv In nil sections of tho city The
total dunnse 111 not foot up lew than
tDOOOO Tho ulnil enmo from tho south
vost tho wloclty of It icaclihiK f < ifntr
to miles por bom
the greatest dim mo os dono to the gov
trijncnt piopcvtv at Iort Som Houston
thPloss lhiie IClns not low thun 200 < t
At lie St Ioul3 colleso the dimnse will
r irj 0000 At Hot Sulphur Wellx hotel
th Ws Is SlOW West rml Methodist
clmr wal rompctoly nioclied Io s 3000
Uamuy to pihat rebldcnccs will reach at
least fco000 and the damage to shade and
oinamJttal trees can not be estimated Se
cral pcWns weio lujuied but none serl
ousI > Anumljor of Uorso were Killed by
fallliiK lrifc
Tilt st m heie naa a continuation of
that whlS wept over Goliad with such
toulblo icluits
THTOWN OF GOLIAD
In Early Da > t t Vas a Seat of Learninn
foroouthwest Texas
Tho news rt the catastrophe that lias
overnhelrced ttj historic toun of Goliad
v td be a sourcW great sorrow to the old
as veil as thcWv generation of Texan
In that elder daW was tho seat of learn
In for the entftl southwentern part of
the State and 1A1 nnd women educated
tlure tan be founiVVattered nil over Texas
mil In the neighbor republic of Mexico
fiom the Ulo Grmiyi the Pacific coast
for tae old Oollad c so as a far famed
ntut on
In tho early settleroVt of Texas the ml
souailes o the CntholliuiiCb established
the wi ton of the I t lnbla on the west
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nnd turned it back to Victoria bringing on tho return trip six
doctors from there and nbundnnco of medicines and surgical
appliances Another train came later from Cuoro with tho
samo number of physicians and dozens of nurses and many cltl
sens Meanwhile tho citizens hero had effected a systematic
orjsanlzntion as fa nsr possibles and provided temporary morgues
hospitals at the court house the hotels public places Davis
residence nnd soveral other places for tho whites tho negroes
weie similarly cared for
Tho Post correspondent made a thorough canvass of tho
cltj endeavoring to got a complete list of dead nnd Injured
and the list given holow comprising seventyfour dead und
eighty five injured Is as near complete as possible to obtain
but there Is no doubt but thnt theie are fully 100 dead ub many
names of the < lond and Injured enn not be obtained and many
of the Injured will undoubtedly dlo before morning
The scones around the temporary hospitals are honrtrond
ing old nion nnd little ehlldien side by hide the former bereft
of families and the latter orphaned nnd all suffering excruci
ating agony The doctors and nurses have wonted ltko Tiojans
nnd so hnd every one rosidents and visitors white and black
alike The merchants opened their stores and dispensed ovary
thing needed for nny puipose without cost
Thoso who passed through the teirlble ordeal say thQy
never want another such experience tho nqlao was tpnlfylng
tlmhers waio Hying In evefy dlreotrju glamv troe4 < vro nudd
to Hip ground cattle and horses were dilven against nnd
wrapped around trees the Iron county bildgi across the Sun
Antonio river was torn In two while debris from the river bunk
coveted tho houses In town Tho property loss Is estimated at
fully v0000
This is the first cyclone that hns ever been known In this
section of the State whkh was supposed to be In no danger
Y LOSS AT
bank of the Snn Antonio river almost In
the center of whet now Goliad countr
Thilr object In vIMtlng that Wild section
nt hat time was to I hilstlniilzc the IndHni
nbo then Inhabited tint beautiful countr
but In order to protect themselves fiom
the people whom thp were attempting to
eomort they lnd to build a fort Into walch
they could rctlic durluz times of dingei
The lesult was the construction of the old
mission of fa llahla and miloss demolished
by the tornado that has Just cieated such
havoc there It stands today as a monument
to tho missionary spirit of the Christian re
ligion
The building of the old mission soon at
tracted n largo Mexican population nnd
when the people fiom the Slates penetrated
Tomis nnd proceeded ns fai Wost as that
place which In the meantime had become
famous as a stopping point for tiaveleis
from tho Southern pait of Mexico to Nacog
doches which was the principal town and
foit on the eastern boundary of Mexico as
claimed by that countr they found a vil
lage of soeial huudied people The popula
tion was Mexican and was not of a very
desliablo character md tho rcult wan that
thone Americans who did go there and be
come enamoied of the section went just
acrois the river on the east side nnd estab
lished the piosent town of Goliad Thus
It can be appicclutcd that the founding of
thetowu occurred dm lug tho first quarter
of tho past century
It was a tin If ty people who settled theie
and they ueguu with faith alwojs looking
to tho future to work out their own sahJ
tion They built substantial homes erected
churches nnd established schools It was
heie thnt the massacre of Kaiiulu aud his
men occurred The Mexican goeminent
had taken charge of all tho missions
Texas und had tioops quartered lu them
Tannin and his men at the beginning of tho
Texas war for Independence had overcome
the Mexican forces stationed at La Bahia
and taken up quarters their himself
When lie started to fall back on San An
tonio wbeu the advance guaid of Sautn
Anui aruiy approached Lu llahla ho wu
Induced to surrender as n prisoner of i
He nnd his men were inarched liack to the
old mission and if It wan upared by he
ttorm the loom In the building In which
the lamented Tannin himself was kept a
prlsoper until he aud his men were exe
cuted Ih still lntmt
The nar tot Independence being oyer
the town of Goliad began to Improie It
as during this time that the famous col
lege nboo referred to was established lly
reason of Its exceptionable school ndvan
tags the town soon became an educational
center and It enjoyed as good noclety as
py placo In Texas Of rourse It sutfeied
ill the vicissitudes of n frontier town and
many personal encounters resulting in bat
tle to the death bae been fought wlthl1
its historic precincts Nevertheless the good
rltlsenshlp finally prevailed and today it i
one of the most deshable comninultlM In
Texas In whleh to llo All the < l < l fii1
hnrc died md the antagonisms of he ciin
Fcttlcrs haw been bulled with the deal
past
The merit of Goliad county as a fanning
section has never been fully appreciated
and the pilnclpnl burlness of Its peopl Is
llc stock raising Of late years bonetci
fnimlng has begun to lecelie attention nud
In IM nearly 10000 bales of cotton weie
raited there Ilio did not do so well In
1C01 but the pioipects for 1002 weie aul
It Is to be hoped are still ery Uattcilu
There linn not been a great Jnllux or
stiangers to Goliad The result Is that thn
town which has something like 1500 Inhab
itants Is made up principally of pcoplo who
hac lived theie for jeais Jn fact a largo
percentage of them wcro born there They
are u cultured people and the community
would be classed wealth A gieut ninny
lanch men who arc counted rich have their
homes tli rc and the houses nic nenrl all
nubstanttnlly built Some of thorn aie built
of rock a few of brick und the jsilinco
arc frame They were not built substan
tially because of any fear of tornadoes or
storms beenuse this Is the most destructive
cyclone that ever visited that section In
1S84 or 16S5 a cyclone nairow In extent
did do considerable damage Jn that section
and the hall that accompanied It destroyed
crops and a great many cattle througnout
wide dcIL Since that time however a
tea storm has been unknown
A few years ago the New Yoik Texas
and Mexican railroad popularly kuowg ns
the Macaroni road was started on its
extension from Victoria to Meilio and was
extended as far as Uccllle Tho road Is
a part of the Southern laclllc system and
was built by G rud This seemed to tHrow
new life Info the old town nud It took on
some valuable permanent Imnrovemctits
among them being probady the tlnest coun
try court house In Texas it has three
strong banks and several mercantile flrnn
that are rated high it Is a thriving coun
try town and It Is certainly to be hoped
thnt the catastrophe that bin overtaken It
In not of n chnracter that means permanent
tujury
AT RUNGE
Touched the Ground in Many Places in
Slant of Runge
Itunge Texas May 1A tremendous wind
stnrru from the southeast ended nt
oclock today with n heavy wind and ruin
storm form the northwest The storm cen
tcr seemed to pass to the west of this place
going down the valley of the San Antonio
river It was In the nature of a cyclone
and apparently touched the ground In
numerous places In sight of Itunge though
it Is impossible to get reports as to the
damage dene A telephone message fiom
the Bbspar rinch near Oollad says th t
thst town 1 almost swept wiy nd there
ber Injured
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Only One House Left in a Distance of a Mile Fifty Thousand Dollars Damage at
San Antonio but No Lives Lost Several Buildings Completely Destroyed
at Seguin Wires Were Down for Several Hours
Goliad Texas May IS At 345 this afternoon a cyalono
struck the beautiful and historic town of Goliad nnd loft flnta
and desolation In Its pathway beyond tho power of pen trX por
tray The Post correspondent reached the scene at 7 oclock
on n special trnln from Vlctoila bearing doctois muses nod
iclnes friends and relative of Goliad people and tho 0C6n
nor Guai da The scono which met tho eye on reaching tho
scpne of destruction which was In the western part of tho
city was appalling Between Church nnd Patricio streets
which run notth and south a distance of a mile in length only
one house was left Flandlng and scarcoly a vestigeof many
could ho seen Very little dnningo was done except within those
boundaries a width of 250 > nrds Tho nclone was preceded
of such disturbances The lunnelstanpod cloud whlch usunlly
procodes such dlsatora was not seen prior to thts one It Is
known that theio was no loss of life north of Kore nnd It Is
not believed there was any except right In the clt The follow
ing is a list of the dond nnd Injured
White dead Mrs Johnson aged GO MnrgnreUPope age SJ
Stuart Dial Plnklo Iott daughter of William Iott Mr3 Purl
nnd two children Maud nnd Allco two Augustine children Mt > 3
Stnpplo nnd all children except one Mr nnd Mrs BUI Heard
nnd three children Joo Savago and child Varrlnal nnd Hopu
Savage Mr Now comb wlfo and child Mr Smith of1 Hockport
who was visiting his daughter here Mrs Harbison nnd llttlo
hoy Huhy Mnddox and Mnddox babv Mrs Cnsoy Maud Casey
P Harlrg r
Ne ro dead Bollne TnfCorson MolHe Iott Terrell Hall
Pcufus Taylor Clayton Taylor Floyd Lou Gussio Wlndey and
babj Topsy Tlppen Fannj Talnr Pauline Lott Fannie Rob
inson Alfred Itoblnson Gussio Gordon iToe Simon
Cllf Douglas Bill Tredwell George Taylor Will Weston
nnd two children John Bnretleld Bthel Baiefleld Georgo Panto
and baby Joe Smldt Haywood Jones nnd thlttocu unidentified
making fintv two negro dead recovered
Injined nmonp the whites W H Mnddox both legs broken
nml Injiwd nbout tho hfnd probably fatal Mr and Mrs h N
Vitndi hler aid no cMldten none fatally Mrs G E Pope leg
broken and other lnjmles very sorlons Mnddox child Injured
Miss Denial1 1lnl 111am Iott ribs broken not seilous Wal
to and Stuart Iott legs broken Mr nnd Mis John Angustino
bnrtjv hint Mis Jne Ravage Internal Injuries Mlns SalUo
Good badly injured1 MrsGibson Just alive ailss Ubbto Carr 3i
badly Hoisto Otenr MfJIlo arid Alice Ponil none fatally J
A Tinner nnd wife and mother In law nnd one child not fatal
ly Clyde Harbison Mr necktnr Jennie Haring Myelin Smith
NVilngor and son Albert of Victoria Jim Buthorford ntul wl 9
Trains fiom Beevlllrt and Victoria arriving at midnight
orought udtillionil doctors and nurses Thero aro now thirty
di ctort hero at work earing for tho Injured
aro thlrt dead on tho ground Ttunge t
lu n stuti of wild eirltement over the iibvvm
us many hero have relatives and friends In
that town All etroits to get telephonic or
telegiaphlc conimunlcatl m with Ootid
lave piovcd futile nnd n number from
nerc hinrledly left for the scene of thu dls
ustci this cionlng
AT 5EGUIN
Ico Factory Wrecked Other Buildings
and Outhouses Damaged
Seguin Texns May 18 A small sire tor
nado struck Seguin thla afternoon followed
by n heavy rnln und sonm hall The new
Ilo fnctoiy of Charles ilium was com
pletely wrecked it had not been qulto
completod and tha loss fell to John V
Ooodrum the contiactor Many trees
fences and outhouse were laid to the
giouud Tho wind covered a wide scope of
territory and It Is feaicd that much dam
ago was done in the country Crops are
lute and not matcilally damaged unless by
hall The wind cunio from tho northwest
und traveled at a terrible viloclty for nbout
four mlnutos The storm also blew tho
new bidding of the American Cotton com
pany badly out of plumb and completely
demollthcd the reitvul tent of Hev Waugti
who is holding a r vtal meeting hcrii
Physicians from Victoria
Victoria Texas May 18 It was learned
here this cicnlng that a huirlcuue burst
upon Goliad thlt afternoon and that foity
or fifty bouses weie blown down und fifty
people killed and wounded
Hupeilntcudent V T Iorbes of the New
York Texas aud Mcxicsn at pnee sent out
a special train having six physicians and
another retltf train has been oidercd from
Cucro
No Storm at Galveston
Galveston Texas May IS The Post cor
respondent has been adtlsed that there Is
a report cm rent In the Intel lor thst there
is n storm at Gnlvestou There is abso
lutely no truth lu such a report A stiff
breeze blew here this afternoon the wind
reaching n velocity of thirty six miles per
hour This Ih nothing uuukihI bowevtr
and not the ellghte t unro Ine < s was csused
thereh The wind subsided to clghtewi
miles nn hour at 0 o enrk and at present
hour 11 oilock there is scuicely an much
breeze as could be desired
BUND INSTITUTE DAMAGED
Fallino Chimney Caused Gallery to Cavo
In Shado Trees Blown Down
Austin Texas May 18 Austin wna vis
Itcd by a snveie wind storm this ofterpomi
which mused at least 500 damage nt tha
Jlllnd Institute T e tin roof of tho south
galleiy was ripped otf nnd a largo btJcte
rhlninoy blew oier nn It causing It to cavo
in 1 lie timbers supporting the Kdllery
were rotten nnd the give way under thj
weight of the falling ehlmney Thlwj Ml
liivo to l > o lepnlied nt ono npd as tbew
are no available funds on hand a deficiency
will be declucd Many laige thudn tree
lu tho grounds were destroyed aud tteci
are down all over town
ShrevcportTexarkann Wires Down
Dallas Texas May IS All wires tn
Hhrcepmt nud Toxarkana are down tonight
and that ilUtrlet wns reached bjr a portion
of the big storm which swept over Jjexas
toda It Is thought however that no Iom
of Ufa hup resulted nlthuugh the property
damage mil be heav A driving rain sc
In bote nbout oclock this nfternoou and
a heavy wiud accompanied It but no dam
age of any sort resulted
Texarkann Ark May 18 Tcrrlne winds
blew hero nil day the gale assuming storm
force nt times The grand stand at vths
ball grounds wns blown down wills n gams
was In progress Injuring nvc npejtatnrs
All of the telegraph and telephone wires
leading into Texas out of thIs point havo
been prostrated
WHITE STAR MAY SURRENDER
Tho American Shipping Combine Ha va
Acquired Control
London May 18 Tho Liverpool Dally
Iovt osscrtu that at the meeting of the
White Star line held yesterday the agree
ment to transfer the line to the At tiUc
shipping combine was unanimously con
flimed About half tho shareholders attend
I the meeting The assent of 75 pec cent
of the shareholder Is required but therp
U no doubt thnt their sanction will pa
forthcoming the terras offered are con
sidered very favorable
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